Colton was unsure


Then approved!


Still need to get the tires and an alignment though it seems to be alright (doesn't pull).

That last one HAS to make you smile!

hahah that looks hilarious. It will probably look pretty good once you get bigger tires and start driving around in the mud.

im not a fan of lifted subarus, but hey to each his own. i hope you like it.

any plans for the wheels/tires?

I know it's not for everyone but it suits my purposes better.

I thought about going to some 15" rims but for now I'm sticking with the 16" rims and going with some General Grabbers 215/65-16
Should be about an inch difference in radius and fill in the gaps pretty well as well as give it another inch of lift.
I think I will need to get the forester trailing arms (if that is what they are called) to move the rear tires back a little to center them in the wheel well but everything should work as is even with the bigger tire.

In the future I *might* go with a nice 15" rally type rim but not sure since they are pretty costly but most likely a 15" stock Subaru wheel to get some more sidewall.

nice

your dog looks baked. Nice place, think you live by my parents.

hidden valley ranch dressing road?

No not by cherry blossom. They live over by Memorial hs, Go bulldogs.
Anyways, I am looking at springs too for the subaru. How hard was the install? I am wanting the RCE yellow lowering springs though. I don't want it jacked up.

springs are cake, you can do it in an hour.

yeah we are in the same mile section as memorial.
Hardest part of the install was undoing the stupid strut bolts. I had a 1.5 ft breaker bar with a wrench on the end for extra leverage and had my wife hit the bar with a 2.5lb sledge for it to finally let go on one of them. Most of them came off with the breaker bar.
I replaced the entire assembly so it was easy, 3 nuts up top and 2 bolts below plus removing the wheels and a couple lines that attach to the struts. Oh and removing the rear seat for the rears.

Do you have to compress the springs to put them back on the strut? Sorry for the retarded questions, Im noob.

Now just slap these under there and go hit the dunes!

yes. Most likely you will want to compress them to take them off as well so that you don't have a projectile tophat.

Im scared.

Nothing to be scared about. Just set a weekend you want to do it and I'm sure a few people would be willing to help. It really easy.

strut/spring sideways on ground, impact wrench..no prob.

perform at own risk, or whatever.

if i was in the norman area id help, even tho after changing my struts i said id never do it again lol. But rent a spring compressor and a few bolts its off there. just remember to take the whole strut and spring accessibly out before undoing the strut bolt

Maybe coilovers would be easier.

Seriously dont be intimidated at all about it. I dont know how many sets up springs we didnt use a compressor to take them off. Seriously It isnt hard.

Coilovers are a pain in the ass to get set up. Springs are way easier.

Ok, the yellows aren't out yet but I talked to Myles at RCE and he's gonna send me one of the first sets when they're released. Hopefully, in the next month or so I will have them. RCE ftw.

Team Dynamics Rally 15 inch rally wheels will fit over your brakes just fine go for the 15's!


oh, and you will fit into a site I am a member of with that lifted subaru. Check it out: www.dirtyimpreza.com

He knows, and I think he is already a member. He posted that link about a month ago. Great site, and Zulater, your bugeye will be SEXY with the new wheels.

oh and are you going back to stock sideskirts? without the spats at the trailing edge?

no spring compressor: the trick is to launch components towards someone you hate.

If I was rollin in dough no doubt! I am a member and posted pics and a question there.
It'll look better with new tires but won't be getting wheels for a while.
I'm going to try and run with the spat unless it needs to be moved. Currently there's almost 2 inches of clearance and the radius will only increase by 1.1 in so I should be alright clearance wise.

when i took off my stock springs it jumped MAYBE an inch. the other day when i took off my tein springs, there was no load at all on them.

Stock springs really don't need a compressor.

nope they don't. Likewise you don't need one to put in shorter springs either. On the other hand you would probably need one if putting in taller springs.

stock STI front springs shoot a pretty good ways, they're tall though. still nothing to get worked up about!

the aftermarket ones are nice because usually you don't even need a compressor to install them

When Vincent and I lowered his old Civic Si we had 3 of us holding the spring/shock assembly while another loosened the nut to take the assembly apart.

After the nut came off and the shock shot 30 feet across his garage floor and out into his driveway we figured out we weren't holding on in all the right place. It was funny.

dudes, springs are nothing to dink around with. I saw my dad take one in the eye once. It was UGLY!

On some cars compressors are definitely needed btu on subarus they really arent

yeah, I can get on that. We didn't use one an a focus either, but its nothing to take for granted, is all I am saying.

SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT!

You'll put y'er eye out!

I like that silver one, but I also think people go too far with the tires. If it had just about a 10-15% shorter tire, with aggressive thread, I couldn't keep the mess out of my pants.